Door-hanger.



G. H. RICE.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLxcATloN FILED ocT.19.1915.

l ,l 85,437. Patented May 30, 1916.

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G. H. RICE.t

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION f-ILED OCT. I9. 1915.

l l 85,437 Patented 30, 1916.

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GEGRGE H. RISE, 0F MOONS, NEW YORK. i

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May, 1916.

Application mea october 1e, 1915. serial No. 55,775.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known-that I, GEORGE H. Bron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moons, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Door- Hangers; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the ar-t to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements 1n door hangers.

The object ofthe present invention is to improve 'the coinstruction of door hangers and to provide a simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive door hanger designed principally for use on sliding freight car doors and adapted to enable the same to be readily opened and closed and capable when door is closed of affording complete protection against the weather.

A -further object of the invention is to provide a light running freight car door hanger adapted to increase the strcngthof the door and capable in event of breakage of the anti-friction devices of firmly supporting the door and preventing the s ame from falling from the car.`

t is also the object of the invention to provide a sliding door hanger adapted to occupy only a comparatively small amount of space so that it maybe used on any slid ing freight'car door without necessitating any alteration in the construction of any of the parts.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any o'l" the advantages of the invention.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a freight car provided with a sliding door hanger constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view the hanger being shown in longitudinal section', Fig. 3 is a sectional view` the hanger being shown in end elevation, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a detail perspec tive View of the movable door member, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the wheels and its bearing bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate cor'` responding parts in the several igures ont,

the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, l designates a xed track plate secured to and depending from a horizontalstrip 2 extending along the upper portion of the side wall ff and over the door opening 4 in spaced relation with the upper edge of the door 5. The fixed tracking plate which is bolted or otherwise secured to the outer face of the horizontal supporting strip depends therefrom and is provided with a. lower inwardly extending approximately semi-cylindrical supporting portion 6 forming a ooncaved tread and adapted to receive a relatively largeball 7 which is embraced by an approximately` semi-cylindrical upper portion 8 of the movable plate 9 bolted or`otherwise secured to the inner face of the door 5. cylindrical portions 6 and 8 of the .fixed and movable plates or members are arranged in substantially the same vertical plane and the semi-cylindrical lower portion 6 presents a concaved upper face and the semi-cylindrical upper portion 8 presentsa concaved lower`face and they are interlocked with the* ball 7 which is located centrally ofthe door when the latter is closed or arranged at any other predetermined point, tol permit the door to move freely and easily in either ydirection in opening and closing the sliding door. The fixed track plate is of a length to permit The semithe opening and closingofthe sliding door and the movable plate extends across the entire width of the door at the top thereof and reinforces lthe saine thereby increasingthe strength and durability ot' the door. The doorffhanger also renders the door perfectly water-tight at the top so that the door is storm-proof and wateris excluded. The inner movable door plate or member 1s equipped -at each of its ends with a wheel 10, mounted between spaced ears 11 on a shaft or axle 12. The ears 11 consist of projecting portions of spaced Hanges 13 of a bracket 14 which is provided with a curved top body portion 15 riveted or otherwise secured to the concaved face of the .movable plate or member at the terminals cipal weight of the door is' Supported by the ball; j The wheels are preferably-spaced onef half vinch from the track plate or member whenlthe upper edge of the door is level but thedistance may be varied to suit requiremerits. .'llliedoor is adapted to slide freely withoutfriction or sticking and in event of the crushing of' the wheels and the ball, the seinifylindrieal' portions of the coacting plates Vwill interlock and prevent the door from leaving the supporting member of the hanger. x

Il.l sliding door hanger including a fixed track. plate provided with a lower substantially semi-cylindrical portion presenting an upper concaved face7 a movable door plate having an upper semi-cylindrical portion extending over the semi-cylindrical portion of theftrack plate and a. relatively large ball embraced'by .the said semi-cylindrical portion ofthe said plate and adapted Jto-support a door, 'and wheels carried by the said door plate and arranged in spaced relation with theball and adapted to run on the fixedk track plate.

Q. A Sliding door hanger including a fixed track plate provided with a lower substantially semi-cylindrical portion presenting an upper concaved face, a movable door plate having an upper semi-cylindrical portion eX- tending over the semi-cylindrical portion of the track plate and a relatively large ball embraced by the said semi-cylindrical portion' of the said plate and adapted to support a door, and wheels carried by the said door plate and arranged in spaced relation with the ball and adapted to run on the fixed track plate1 said wheels being arranged n spaced relation with the semi-cylindrical portion of the track plate when the door tplate is in a horizontal position.

B. A sliding door hanger including a fixed track plate having a substantially semi-cylindrical lower portion7 la movable door plate provided with a substantially semi-cylindrical upper portion arranged above the semi` cylindrical portion of the track plate, a ball embraced by the Said semi-Cylindrical portion and adapted to carry the principal weight of a door, brackets consistiiig of spaced projecting flanges and a concaved top plate or body secured to the movable door plate at the end thereof and' wheels mounted between the projecting portions of the' said flanges and adapted to run on the track plate.

In testimony whereof-i affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

GEORGE H. llCE. W'itnesses f G. E. RAMSDELL, L. 0. BUCK. 

